Smoking is a very harmful habit that harms just about every organ in the body and reduces the overall health of the smoker. It is the leading cause of premature death in Canada as well as the leading cause of lung cancer which causes the greatest number of deaths. It also increases the risk of coronary heart disease and a stroke. by 2 to 4 times. In 2011, one in five, or about 5.8 million Canadians, smoked. One in ten 15- to 17-year-olds smoked in 2011 but were 3 times more likely to smoke in homes where someone smoked regularly. The cost of treating smoking diseases and condition can be quite expensive as health care spending related to smoking was in between 6% and 15 % of total annual healthcare costs in high income countries like Canada.
Therefore, it is of utmost importance to decrease or eliminate the usage of cigarettes and thus we can offer you resources and well as recommendations to make that possible.
We can help you in a number of ways, including:
- Helping you determine if you are ready to quit
- Providing materials that can help you prepare to quit and supporting you during the quitting process
- Meeting with you to create a My Quit Plan
- Meeting with you for follow-up sessions to monitor your progress
- Recommending and prescribing a medication that can help you quit, if you are a suitable candidate.
